The Ultimate Secure
House:

Strategically located in the awesome San Juan
mountains of Southwest Colorado, this patented
steel-reinforced concrete earth house was built
to withstand almost any natural or man-made
disaster you can name. It is more secure, safe,
and functional than any conventional house could
ever be, yet still has a level of comfort that
one might not expect to find in an underground
house.

The artificial rock front blends in perfectly
with the natural environment

Some years ago, the owners of this property
had a hunting cabin in another part of Colorado.
Beautiful, yes, but the wood construction posed
numerous problems. Several "near-miss" incidents
made the family realize how vulnerable the cabin
was to any number of disasters and threats. A
winter storm, which blew the front door open,
might have caused the water pipes to freeze and
break, flooding both the upper and lower levels,
resulting in many thousands of dollars damage,
had it not been discovered in time. A forest
fire, which started when a tree fell on the
above-ground power line leading to the cabin,
came frighteningly close to the wood structure
and to within just a few feet of the
above-ground propane tanks. A hailstorm
necessitated a new roof, a new paint job, and
major repairs to the siding. The large front
glass windows were spared from damage, but
nevertheless were extremely vulnerable. And
finally, when the cabin was broken into and many
valuable antiques were stolen, the owners
decided to look for a safer kind of structure
for their retreat, and a better, more remote
location.

After spending 2 ½ years studying every kind
of alternative house construction, everything
from earthships made out of spare tires, to
rammed-earth construction, to monolithic domes,
they ultimately realized there was only one kind
of construction that would afford them the kind
of security they wanted: an earth house (made
with
Formwork's patented thin-shell concrete
construction technique). The house they finally
built is not just any earth house. It is what has
come to be known in the industry as a "secure
house." It is an unparalleled model of the
ultimate secure house. Its many features will
amaze you.

While the term "secure house"
is still relatively new to the general public,
this unique segment of the house construction
industry has, for the past decade, been growing
steadily, albeit slowly. Presently, with the
increased threat of major terrorist attacks,
many more people than ever before are building
secure houses. Also, more contractors and
consultants have recently dedicated themselves
to the concept of disaster-resistant and
self-sufficient residences. It is only with a
realistic understanding of the
potential for terrorist attacks, and the
magnitude of the problems they could cause, that
one can truly recognize the value of a secure
house.

This patented steel-reinforced concrete earth
sheltered structure, properly called a
thin-shell dome, is built to withstand almost
any natural or man-made disaster you can name.
And that's not just an idle promise. These
buildings have withstood tornadoes, hurricanes,
and earthquakes - some measuring over 7.0 on the
Richter scale - and in every case they have come
away with no structural damage at all. Unlike
monolithic domes, and all other types of house
construction, only Formwork's concrete domes can
be completely buried deep underground.

The house has 2472 square feet, with an
additional 800 square feet in the attached 24' x
36' underground garage. The main floor of the
house consists of a large living room, two
bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen, pantry, and
laundry closet. Upstairs is a loft and two
multi-purpose storage/sleeping rooms. The house
currently has ten beds (that is, beds, futons,
and sleeping bunks) in seven different rooms.
There is lots of additional space for other cots
or bedrolls. It would be very accommodating for
an entire extended family during a prolonged
national emergency or global crisis. The safe
room also has a ¾ bath with shower. A 22' long x
6' wide hallway leads to the garage. This hall
is lined on one side with 18" deep shelf units,
providing a considerable amount of quick-access
storage. The other wall of this hall is a
convenient place to store larger items, such as
skis, bicycles, or a vacuum cleaner, that
wouldn't fit on the shelves. Additionally, a
large storage attic is found above the garage.

The living room's high-domed ceiling gives
the room an open, spacious feeling. A custom
steel stairway leads from the loft to a cupola
perched on top of the house. Light from the
cupola gives the same effect as a skylight, but
without any loss in security. The four windows
in this "lookout" allow for a 360-degree view of
the surrounding property.

In addition to the four windows in the cupola,
there are six additional windows in the house;
each bedroom has a window, and the living room
has another four windows. So the living room,
open kitchen, and loft all receive light from
eight different windows (the four in the cupola,
and the four in the living room).

Because the windows are on the small side, and
also because the two bathrooms, the two upstairs
multi-purpose rooms, the garage, and, of course,
the safe room are all windowless, the house is
somewhat darker than most conventional houses.
However, the large solar system provides plenty
of power to run electrical lights.

The lack of large windows is one of the main
reasons the house is so secure. Unavoidably,
there is a trade-off between lots of natural
light and security. It is simply impossible to
adequately secure a house with numerous large
pane windows.

If one wants to further fortify the house,
hardened steel shutters can be locked in place
over all the windows. In this “mode” the inside
of the house has no outside light at all. But
again, the oversized solar electric system has
plenty of power for lights.

The Above-Ground Cupola

The opening to the Cupola from the living area,
with its sunshine coming through

Even the stove chimney was designed
to blend into the surroundings!

The open kitchen has light pine cabinetry and
energy efficient appliances.

"Energy efficient" implies extra insulation
and double pane glass windows to most people,
but this type of earth house has proven itself to
be the ultimate in energy efficiency/heat
retention. With no heat at all, the inside
temperature will not drop below 50 degrees F.,
even in extreme, prolonged winter conditions.
For comfort, however, there is a Harmon
wood/coal freestanding stove, along with a
back-up propane heater. In the summer months,
the house temperature stays pleasantly cool.

Every appliance throughout the house was
specially manufactured for use in solar electric
houses. The kitchen has a Sun Frost
refrigerator/freezer, a Peerless propane range
with "no-glow-bar" oven, and a Staber 2000
clothes washer, while the garage has a
chest-style freezer.

Outside, a 1,000 gallon above-ground propane
tank is extremely well hidden and protected from
potential vandals. Just in case, there is an
additional 1,000 gallon underground propane
tank. The generator, water heater, kitchen range
and oven, wall heater, and clothes dryer all use
propane, but the 2,000 gallons of stored propane
should supply all of these appliances for a very
long time. In an all-out national crisis, it
would be a simple matter to heat water with the
back-up wood-fired water heater, and to dry
clothes with an old fashioned hand wringer and
clothesline. Also, as a back-up to the propane
range, there is a Stanley-Waterton wood stove
and range.

The owners originally planned to use the
house as a summer house. However, because of it's
comfort and year-round accessibility, the house
is well suited for year-round living. Either
way, whether one chooses to use it as a primary
residence, or only periodically, they can be
comfortably assured that all of their valuable
belongings and supplies will be very safe, even
when away for extended periods.

Joel Skousen, the renowned expert on secure
houses, and author of the book
"The Secure house", and editor/publisher of
the excellent newsletter "The World Affairs
Brief", has laid down a list of what he
considers to be essential for self-sufficiency
and security. The essentials are: an independent
water supply as well as a back-up supply,
alternate electrical power, energy efficient
appliances, alternate forms of heat, more than
one communication option, adequate storage
facilities, including cool storage for long-term
food storage, fire-resistant construction and
the ability to fight a fire inside the house,
multiple forms of security and intruder
detection, a high-security safe room/fallout
shelter, above normal fortification of the house
and grounds and a remote location. Joel states
that very few people actually achieve 100% of
these elements. It's safe to say, this house has
it all!

Even though Joel listed remote location last,
it is, perhaps, the most important criteria. So
important an issue that he wrote a separate book
about it entitled,
"Strategic Relocation". To build a secure
house in the city or even in the suburbs would
likely be self-defeating. If however, the secure
house is built in a remote location, it then, and
only then, can be considered a true retreat. The
two, a secure house and a remote location, go
hand in hand.

In answer to the question "What exactly is a
retreat?", one author wrote, "A retreat is a
place you go to live, not die. It is a place out
of the mainstream of events that contains the
means to survive without outside support. It is
defensible and is put together with a realistic
understanding of what the dangers will be. It is
both a plan and an inventory. A retreat is a
place where you find the shelter and protection,
food, water, medicine and warmth you prepared
for yourself until society returns to its
normal, nondestructive, repetitious rut. The
trick here is to have a prepared retreat wherein
you can be one of the survivors."

This same author also wrote, "Why retreat? is
a question that 90 percent of our population
cannot and will not answer. If they could, that
same 90 percent of our friends, neighbors, and
countymen would have to admit that things may
not continue on as they are now. They would also
have to admit that they will need a retreat -
something completely impossible for the average
American to do."

Following the tragic 9/11 attacks, a renewed
interest in civil defense and personal
preparedness alike has occurred that is
unrivalled since the start of the Cold War
following WWII. Since then, the need for owning
a secure house has taken on a new urgency. For
the past two or more years, the news has been
full of scary reports about the possibility of
bio-terrorism and resulting pandemic.

More recently, there have been reports about
the possibility of nuclear terrorism on American
soil using suitcase nukes. On December 5th,
2004, CNN had a special documentary about the
inevitability of nuclear terrorism. When the
controlled secular media is reporting on such a
controversial topic as this with such candor, it
should be taken very seriously.

An excellent article by Joel Skousen which
covers the Russian nuclear threat is entitled,
"Analysis of Strategic Threats In the Current
Decade (2000-2010"). Of course, the internet
is filled with other articles about Russia's
massive military build up. And, more recently
China, Iran, North Korea, and Syria are emerging
as major threats also.

Skousen believes that a pre-emptive Russian
nuclear first strike will happen sometime after
2004 but not later than 2012. He says they want
to first make sure that the U.S. completes its
unilateral disarmament of the feared MX
intercontinental ballistic missiles, which were
scheduled for dismantling in 2004, and that the
Russians won't strike before these missiles are
eliminated, despite the standing orders to the
military by former President Clinton (PDD-60) to
absorb a first strike and not launch on warning.

The Center for Disease Control, along with
the World Health Organization, the Department of
Health and Human Services, and the Department of
houseland Security have been repeatedly warning
us that another flu pandemic, worse than ever
before, is bound to occur. In fact, they are now
routinely using the word pandemic, instead of
epidemic.

To put this prediction into proper
perspective it is important to realize that the
great Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918-1919
killed well over 20 million people worldwide,
more people in one year than the Black Plague
killed in the entire four years of its outbreak.

Other news stories, such as that of "The
Mystery of the Dead Scientists," as well as many
others, found only in alternative news outlets,
seem to support the CDC's warnings. Much
information about this incredible and ongoing
saga, can be found at
www.stevequayle.com, by clicking on the
"dead scientists" icon in the left-hand column.

Reportedly, over the past several years, well
over two dozen of the world's leading
microbiologists and scientific researchers, who
specialized in infectious diseases and
biological agents such as smallpox and anthrax,
as well as DNA sequencing, have died, all in
highly unusual circumstances. It is highly
unlikely that these deaths are purely a matter
of coincidence, but instead appear to be part of
some sinister plot, the reasons for which can
easily be guessed.

The government officials are not only worried
about a flu pandemic, but also about the
possibility that a major smallpox outbreak will
happen. In fact, they are so worried about
smallpox that, in June of 2001, they conducted a
major simulation of a terrorist smallpox attack
against 3 American cities. It was named Dark
Winter, and it lived up to its name.

The exercise took place at Andrews Air Force
Base, and was attended by many senior level
government officials. Participating institutions
included the John Hopkins Center for Civilian
Biodefense Strategies, the Center for Strategic
and International Studies, the Oklahoma National
Memorial Institute for the Prevention of
Terrorism, and the Analytical Services Institute
for houseland Security.

The results of this exercise were grim, to
put it mildly. According to the National
Security Council, the worst case scenario was
that within seven weeks, one million Americans
would be dead, many millions others would be
sick, and the disease would have spread to 25
states and to 13 foreign countries.

The Dark Winter exercise was no trivial
undertaking. It was carefully planned and
orchestrated, primarily by the prestigious John
Hopkins University, to answer one question:
Could America withstand an attack of
human-inflicted disease. The answer was a
resounding NO! - at least not in the case of
smallpox. We flunked the exercise on a
catastrophic scale.

Three months after the exercise, the
September 11th attacks against the World Trade
Center, and the subsequent anthrax mailings
caused the attacks of terrorists to suddenly be
more than just the stuff of "what if"
simulations like Dark Winter. Terrorism had
reached American soil for real.

Still others are predicting that diseases
much worse than flu or smallpox will soon
emerge. For example, Dr. Leonard Horowitz, a
Harvard graduate who has become internationally
known for his national best selling book,
"Emerging Viruses - AIDS and Ebola - Nature,
Accident, or Intentional" believes that "the big
one" will be a genetically-engineered mutant of
the 1918 influenza strain recombined with an
acute lymphocytic leukemia virus. In other
words, it will be a genetically-engineered flu
that spreads quick-killing cancer through the
air.

One can only imagine what the results of the
Dark Winter exercise would have been if it was
done with such an airborn killer virus, instead
of just smallpox.

Dr. Frank Holtman, Head of the University of
Tennessee, Bacteriological Department made this
statement: "While the greater part of a city's
population could be destroyed by an atomic bomb,
the bacteria method might easily wipe out the
entire population within a week. The virus
causing psittacosis or parrot fever, one of the
most deadly of human diseases, is appraised by
the scientists as the most preferable for this
purpose. While the cost of producing psittacosis
bombs is comparatively cheap, its lethal potency
is high. Less than one cubic centimeter of this
virus is required to infect twenty million human
beings when released in the air as infinitesimal
spray." So less than one cubic centimeter of
this stuff, "appraised by the scientists as the
most preferable for this purpose", could kill 20
million people within one week.

But while Horowitz' acute lymphocytic
leukemia mutant flu virus and Holtman's
psittacosis bombs are just theoretical
possibilities, there is already a smorgasbord of
infectious agents and diseases out there waiting
to be released, contracted, and spread. We've
seen many recent occurances of both old and new
diseases in humans here in America, including
anthrax, bubonic plague, Hantavirus, West Nile
virus, Asian bird flu, SARS, and
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, foot and mouth
disease, yellow fever, leprosy, and Ebola. Also,
little known is the fact that hepatitis A,
hepatitis B, AIDS, and tuberculosis are rising
fast in the United States. But news reports of
these statistics are few and always buried in
the back pages.

Yes, shockingly, several people have been
infected with Ebola here in the United States.
In 1989, one hundred monkeys were imported from
Mindanao in the Philippines to a government
facility in Reston, Virginia, where they were
being studied by scientists trying to develop a
vaccine for the Ebola virus. Some of the monkeys
were first injected with Ebola, then with a
potential vaccine. However, during the course of
the study, healthy monkeys not infected with the
virus started to exhibit symptoms of the
disease, and one by one, over 70% of the monkeys
died.

At first a veterinarian misdiagnosed them as
having simian hemorrhagic fever (SHV), which is
a terrible disease in monkeys but does not
infect humans. Eventually the United States
Medical Research Institute of Infectious
Diseases (USAMRIID) conclusively diagnosed the
disease as Ebola, and ruled out SHV. Fearing
that the virus had mutated so that it could
become airborne, the army was called in to
quarantine the site, surrounding it with tanks
and sealing the entire building with airtight
tape. Because of the threat that Ebola might
infect the staff and, in turn, spread to the
public, all of the monkeys were euthanized and
their remains were incinerated. When two of the
team members began to exhibit early warning
symptoms of Ebola, all of the workers who had
contact with the monkeys were tested for
exposure. Four out of 178 people were found to
have serologic evidence of recent infection with
Ebola. However, none of them developed Ebola
hemorrhagic fever.

The scientists determined that they were
dealing with a new strain of Ebola, which they
named Ebola-Reston. They also discovered that
the Ebola-Reston strain is an airborne virus,
meaning that it can be transmitted through the
air, while the deadly Ebola-Zaire strain, an
outbreak of which killed 244 people in Zaire, is
spread only through contact with blood and other
bodily fluids. Fortunately, this new strain is
deadly only to primates; it doesn't cause
illness in humans. If normal precautions are
taken, it is relatively difficult to contract
Ebola-Zaire. In order to contract the virus,
contact with infected bodily fluids of a visibly
infected person is necessary. The reason
Ebola-Zaire has, during its outbreaks, spread so
rapidly is because of the poor sanitary
conditions and hygienic practices of the health
care systems in the Third World. It is not
uncommon for needles and syringes to be reused.
Also, some customs dictate that a corpse be
carefully washed for burial. This practice is
very dangerous, as the corpse will remain
extremely infectious for long after the victim
has succumbed to the disease.

But because the mode of transmission of the
Ebola-Reston strain is airborne, it would have
had a much greater chance of causing a large,
uncontrollable outbreak, had it been able to
cause disease in humans. For the Ebola-Reston
strain to cause illness in humans, it would have
to undergo specific genetic mutations.
Similarly, for the Ebola-Zaire virus to become
airborne, it too would have to undergo mutation.
Well, scientists have learned that Ebola, like
most flu viruses, has an extraordinary ability
to mutate into different forms, so either of the
above mutations is a distinct possibility.
"Because it can mutate", said Gerald Stokes of
George Washington University, "even benign forms
of Ebola have the potential to become fatal to
humans."

The 1995 movie "Outbreak" presented a
horrifying scenario where a deadly hemorrhagic
virus raced through a small town, decimating the
population and threatening to spread to the
entire continent. A team of virologists, led by
Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo, attempted to
develop a vaccine before the virus caused a
pandemic. The virus in the movie was modeled on
the Ebola-Zaire virus, the real-life cause of
four terrifying outbreaks in Africa. This strain
of Ebola is the deadliest of all, with a
fatality rate approaching 90%.

In the film, there is a sequence where Dustin
Hoffman realizes that the virus they were
dealing with had mutated to become airborne.
Airborne transmission implies two things: that
the virus can be excreted from the throat via
coughing, sneezing, or even just normal
respiration, and that it could survive for a
length of time in the air. As the movie
progresses the viewers are led to consider a
variety of "what if" scenarios. What if a deadly
form of Ebola-Zaire mutates so that it can
easily travel through the air? What if infected
but asymptomatic people had left town before the
quarantine procedures had been put in place?
What if a vaccine wasn't developed in time,
which, in real life, takes years, not days of
research? Again, one can only imagine what the
results of an actual "Dark Winter" outbreak
would be if the biological agent was a mutated
strain of Ebola with an airborne mode of
transmission.

Many scientists and physicians are telling us
that the diseases which have in the past been
primarily found in the Third World, or
underdeveloped countries, such as the
filoviruses Marburg and Ebola, are poised to
soon enter the West. When this does happen,
newspaper headlines and reports will no longer
ignore them nor treat them so casually. With
population growth, unprecedented immigration,
increased global travel, and the likelihood that
terrorists and rouge nations alike now have many
weaponized microbes in their arsenals, the
possibility of a major international pandemic
looms ever closer on the horizon.

While an outbreak of a mutated, airborne
strain of Ebola with a resulting pandemic is
theoretically and scientifically possible,
probably the number one infectious agent to be
concerned about is anthrax. This is because it
has been produced and stockpiled in such huge
quantities (tens of thousands of tons) that it
is unquestionably the most prevalent of all
weapons. The story of how anthrax became the # 1
weapon in the world centers around a Russian
man, Dr. Ken Alibek.

Dr. Alibek was the former deputy director of
Biopreparat, the civilian arm of the former
Soviet Union's biological weapons program. After
he defected to America in 1992, Dr. Alibek
appeared in October 1999 before a joint meeting
of the House subcommittees on military
procurement, research, and development where he
testified about the Soviet's biological weapons
program. Dr. Alibek has since written a book
called "Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of
the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in
the World."

Dr. Alibek told committee members the Soviets
launched their biological weapons program in
1928 and by the late 1980's had "the most
powerful and sophisticated program of biological
weapons in the world." He said that the Soviet
Union established a huge production capability
to manufacture biological weapons, and Russia
still has four top-secret production facilities.
One facility was capable of producing 1,000 tons
of anthrax a year; another could make 50 tons a
year. Other facilities could produce hundreds of
tons of plague and other biological agents such
as tularemia and glanders obgrislosis. And
Russia has genetically modified many of these
organisms, including anthrax, plague, tularemia,
and glanders, so that they are resistant to
penicillin, doxycycline, and probably other
newer, more effective antibiotics such as
ciprofloxacin (the first medication approved by
the FDA for prophylaxis after exposure to a
biological weapon).

One major problem with anthrax is that it is
a silent killer, meaning that it takes many days
to incubate before symptoms occur. Once symptoms
are noticed, the disease probably has progressed
to the point where it cannot be effectively
treated with antibiotics and hospitalization.
Antibiotic therapy is most efficacious if
initiated during the incubation period as the
disease progresses very rapidly once the
symptoms, which can mimic flu in the early
stages, are recognized.

Dr. Alibek said the Soviet military doctrine
includes the use of anthrax and Marburg
infection as strategic biological weapons (the
Marburg virus, like Ebola, is a member of the
family of filoviruses, and it behaves similarly
to Ebola).

He believes that Russia has genetically
modified a strain of Marburg virus so that it is
transmissible via the respiratory route. He also
believes that they have engineered a recombinant
hybrid of Marburg and smallpox, called blackpox
or Ebolapox. Dr. Alibek, told the grisly
details: "In a blackpox infection, the skin does
not develop blisters. Instead, the skin becomes
dark all over. Blood vessels leak, resulting in
severe internal hemorrhaging…. As a weapon, the
Ebolapox would give the hemorrhages and high
mortality rate of Ebola virus, which would give
you a blackpox, plus the very high
contagiousness of smallpox."

The Soviets have also developed sophisticated
delivery systems such as medium-range bombers
with spray tanks, cluster bombs and missiles.
They also have strategic bombers and ballistic
missiles with single and multiple warheads, so
that coverage of a large ground area can be
accomplished. Multiple spray bomblets containing
desiccated spores can be disseminated from a
missile warhead at a predetermined height above
the ground.

On a clear night, a light plane equipped with
a sprayer flying over a major city carrying 100
kilograms (about 220 lbs) of anthrax spores,
could deliver a fatal dose of anthrax to up to 3
million people, according to a 1996 report in
"New Scientist." Researchers at the CDC have
created a model which estimates $26 billion of
economic damage from the exposure of just
100,000 people to anthrax.

According to Soviet military doctrine,
biological weapons, especially anthrax, will be
used in massive amounts to significantly destroy
any military resistance during a war. Because it
is documented that the Soviets used biological
weapons against German troops during World War
II and in Afghanistan in 1982, it would be
foolish to assume that they won't ever use them
again.

Anyone who doubts the effectiveness of these
weapons is wrong. In April, 1979, an accidental
release of a very small quantity of anthrax in
the Russian city of Sverdlovsk killed 66 people,
although some reports put the real death count
in the hundreds. The Soviet government claimed
the deaths were caused by intestinal anthrax
from tainted meat. It was not until 1992 that
President Boris Yeltsin admitted the outbreak
was the result of a military accident at a
biological weapons facility secretly located in
the city. Dr. Matthew Meselson, a Nobel
Prize-winning molecular biologist at Harvard
University is the leading American expert on the
Sverdlovsk incident. He believes that some of
the people who were downwind of the Biopreparet
bio-weapons facility died after inhaling as few
as 9 anthrax spores.

Interestingly, the Russian accident involved
a total release of less than 1 gram of spores,
dispersed over a distance of four kilometers! To
put this figure into perspective, it is
important to understand how deadly anthrax is.
Military grade anthrax is 100,000 times more
deadly than the most toxic chemical warfare
agent. Three million anthrax spores were found
in 2001 beneath one of the mail-sorting machines
at the Southern Connecticut Processing &
Distribution Mail Center - all evidently
deposited by cross-contaminated mail, since none
of the attacker's letters is believed to have
passed through the sorting center. Three million
spores is a minuscule fraction of the anthrax
that was found in the terrorist's letter that
was sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
This is only about one seven-hundred-thousandth
of the spores that were in the letter.

According to Dr. David Sullivan, an anthrax
expert at Johns Hopkins University, the envelope
mailed to Tom Daschle's office contained 2 grams
of pure anthrax, which is just a little less
than a teaspoon of granulated material, but this
amounted to about 20 billion spores. A study
done in 1992 by Dr. Meselson determined that
there was NO threshold dose required to cause
inhalation anthrax, and that the previous
estimates based on U.S. Army studies performed
decades ago on monkeys, which concluded that the
range of spore doses necessary to kill half the
exposed animals was at least 8,000 to 10,000
spores before it became fatal, was grossly
inaccurate for several reasons, most important
of which was the type and grade of anthrax used.
None of the primate studies used dried powder
forms of anthrax, such as have been mailed to
various destinations in the United States.

Military grade anthrax is very fine and has
been processed to prevent it from clustering
together and dispersing harmlessly. Obviously,
we are talking of a very different "ball game"
here than what was tested on the monkeys decades
ago.

Supposedly, with the Cold War's end, Russia
downsized its biological weapons program and
ordered its stockpiles destroyed, but this claim
has never been proven to be true. Dr. Alibek
believes that only about 10 to 20 percent of the
former Soviet capability remains today, "but
believe me, it's enough to develop sophisticated
biological weapons." he said.

Proliferation of Russian knowledge and
expertise in this field is evident as Russia
continues publishing research and development
work conducted in the 1980's and 1990's. This
knowledge has spread to many other countries and
terrorist organizations. Many publications
produced in the last seven years contain
instructions on how to manufacture biological
agents. Some years ago, Dr. Alibek found a flyer
on the internet which described new techniques
to genetically alter tularemia bacteria for
increased lethality. Terrorists and rogue
nations can easily get this information, and
more, for the cost of a Russian translator.

Up to 70,000 scientists were involved in the
Soviet Cold War biological weapons research,
development, and manufacturing. A few moved to
the United States and other western nations when
the Soviet Union collapsed, but most went to
Iraq, Iran, and other countries that may now be
proliferating biological weapons. Because a lot
of these Russian scientists are now underpaid or
unemployed, it would no doubt be irresistible
for some of them, if they got high paying
offers, to start working for someone else. And
now, well over two dozen of the world's leading
microbiologists and scientists who specialized
in infectious disease, those who have the
knowledge to develop new vaccines, have been
mysteriously murdered.

In addition to the extensive Russian
programs, there are literally hundreds of small
bio labs around the world capable of producing
extremely virulent organisms, and in sufficient
quantities to cause widespread death if
released. World War Three is just around the
corner. In fact, in many ways it has already
begun. It's just that most Americans are too
blind to recognize it.

So what does the future hold for us with the
possibility of future plagues, nuclear
terrorism, and even nuclear war? The owners
definitely don't know the answer to this
question. They do know, however, that their
house would be a very safe place for
self-quarantine during such an outbreak or
event. One reason why is because it is equipped
with a genuine Swiss-made Luwa nuclear,
biological, chemical air filter that will
effectively filter out all known bacteriological
agents, all known viruses, and even radioactive
fallout.

A secure house like this is the wave of the
future, and would be a very wise investment,
both practically and financially. A house of
such outstanding design, quality, function, and
security doesn't appear on the open real estate
market very often, if at all. While nobody knows
for sure how much time is left before things go
awry, one thing is certain; it is better to be
prepared a year or more too early, than to be a
single day too late.

Even for a venture in normal times, this
house would be a good investment. Property
values in the area continue to climb. And there
have been dramatic increases in building
materials, especially steel and concrete, since
the house was built, meaning that the cost to
rebuild it now would be considerably higher.

But the big thing is that after an inevitable
domestic weapons of mass destruction terrorist
event in this country, the demand for such an
extraordinarily unique piece of real estate will
literally skyrocket overnight. It would probably
be easy to sell it for well over a million after
such a devastating event. That is, if there is
any resemblance of an economy left.